Cold War Era

4. a period of time between the Western Powers and Communist Powers where both sides were trying to prove dominance.
5. US leaders who were opposed to fighting in Vietnam
6. increased involvement in the Vietnam War following the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
9. a concrete barrier that seperated East Germany from West Germany.
11. A policy introduced in an attempt to leave the Vietnam War, in which the Vietnamese forces would take over the fighting
12. A series of jungle paths that allowed communist forces to travel from North Vietnam to South Vietnam
13. an alliance of nations that attempted to end disputes between countries peacefully
15. a nonmilitary aid program introduced by JFK
17. US leaders who supported the idea of fighting in Vietnam
18. South Vietnamize forces that were supported by the North Vietnamize Army

1. a word used to describe getting extremely close to war without actually going to war.
2. a meeting between leaders after WW2
3. A series of Attacks by the Vietcong forces that proved to many Americans that the Vietnam war could not be won.
4. a policy of trying to stop the spread of communisms
7. An event when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba.
8. a type of weapon that is created by splitting a hydrogen atom
10. The idea that communism would spread rapidly throughout Southeast Asia and other places around the world.
14. a race during the cold war to see which side could develop the most amount of missiles
16. a sharp increase in the number of American births during the 1950s and 1960s.